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Roberts said police believe the girl was hit by a large moving truck towing a smaller trailer. A police officer stopped the truck on Interstate 75 soon after the crash. Roberts said the driver was being questioned.

Another teen girl who had been trying to cross the road with the victim was not injured, Roberts said. It was unknown whether the girls were using a crosswalk.

The Collision Reconstruction Unit was investigating the crash, which happened at about 3 p.m. and resulted in traffic backups along Richmond Road during rush hour.